relationship between structure empowerment and job characteristics of staff nurses at Mansoura specialized medical hospital

ABSTRACT

Structure empowerment enhances nurses' power to accomplish their work within hospitals. Access to these empowering structures is influenced by formal power system within the hospital which refers to job characteristics that contribute to job recognition. So, job characteristics are the core to reach to excellent quality patient care and to achieve organizational outcomes. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between staff nurses' perception of structural empowerment and their job characteristics. The data were collected from 182 staff nurses working at Mansoura Specialized Medical Hospital. Two tools were employed for data collection. The first tool is structure job empowerment questionnaire which is divided into two parts a] Conditions for Work Effectiveness Questionnaire [CWEQ] and b] Organizational Description Opinionnaire [ODO]. The second tool is Staff Nurses Job Characteristics Index Questionnaire [SNJCIQ]. The results concluded that there are a strong and significant relationship between staff nurses' perception of structure empowerment and their job characteristics. This study recommended that application of job characteristics model nutrients to empower staff nurses, and improve the quality of nursing care